Alexa Brings Thousands of Coronavirus Answers to India Amazon extended coronavirus-centric features for the Alexa voice assistant to India this week. Echo smart speakers and other Alexa-powered devices.. AI 21 Apr 1
HandsFree Health Delays Smart Speaker Launch, Files Patent for Remote Installation of Home Healthcare Voice Assistant Home healthcare AI developer HandsFree Health has pushed back its plans to sell a smart speaker built with its WellBe.. AI 21 Apr 4
SoapBox Labs Raises $6.3M Investment for Kid-Focused Speech Recognition Tech Child-specific voice recognition tech startup SoapBox Labs has closed a €5.8 million ($6.3 million) round of funding led by Astia.. AI 20 Apr 2
Why Alexa Skill Publishers Must Master Skill Store Optimization and User Acquisition Editor’s Note: This is a guest opinion column by Voice & You founder Alexis Hue. A lot of Alexa skills.. AI 18 Apr 6
Amazon Upgrades Alexa’s Long-Form Speech and Vastly Expands Custom Voice Languages and Styles Amazon is expanding Alexa’s voices and speech style choices for voice app developers. Text-to-speech service Polly has more than a.. AI 17 Apr 2
Nuance Releases New Enterprise Conversational AI Toolkit Voice technology developer Nuance has released a bundle of its conversational artificial intelligence software to enable companies to design and.. AI 16 Apr 6
CEVA Debuts Mutisensory Hub for Smart Devices Smart sensor technology developer CEVA has launched a new high-performance sensor hub named SensPro. The new system collects and processes.. AI 16 Apr 5
Apple Extends New Siri Coronavirus Questionnaire and News Features to India Apple has added the new coronavirus-related features recently added to its Siri voice assistant in the U.S. to India. Siri.. AI 15 Apr 3
Israeli Startup Vocalis Health is Partnering with the Government to Refine a Voice Test for Coronavirus Israeli startup Vocalis Health is collecting voice samples as part of an initiative to develop a diagnostic test for COVID-19.. AI 15 Apr 4
Track Coronavirus Outbreaks by Voice on a New Digital Dashboard Indian voice tech startup Slang Labs has created a voice-enabled tool for tracking COVID-19 outbreaks in India by region. The.. AI 15 Apr 5